Millennium stamp
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A Millennium stamp is a postage stamp issued by a postal authority commemorating a millennium associated with that country's history but several countries issued stamps for the beginning of the 3rd millennium in same cases depicting some of their country's achievements over the preceding years.
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[edit] Canada
Canada Post released 68 specially designed stamps as a series of 17 Millennium souvenir sheets, each depicting four different stamps, starting December 17, 1999 through to March 17, 2000.[1]
[edit] Fuji
Fuji released of a series of eight stamps, four artist's concepts of the island nation; four of which commemorate some of the country's endemic and unique flora and fauna.
[edit] Great Britain
[edit] 1999
In 1999 Royal Mail issued a series of stamps that were classified into 12 groups (known as "tales") including Entertainment, Science & Technology and Sport, with one group released in each month during the year. The set issued in September 1999 called The Farmers’ Tale contained a 19p stamp that doubled as Royal Mail’s contribution to that year’s Europa postage stamp issue, which was on the theme of Parks and Reserves.
One of the most notable stamps in the collection was one commemorating the life of (avid stamp collector) Freddie Mercury. It caused controversy for the appearance of Roger Taylor in the background at the drums, as it is an understood rule that the only living people allowed to appear on British stamps could be members of the British Royal Family.
Other stamps featured: English football hero Bobby Moore; a picture of the structure of DNA; and a fossil of Archaeopteryx, the first known bird.
[edit] 2000
These stamps commemorated a selection of projects throughout the UK which had received funding from the Millennium Commission. The stamps were released in 12 monthly sub-collections with 4 stamps apiece, making a total of 48 stamps.
The stamps featured such projects as the Eden Project, the Tate Modern art gallery, the National Space Centre and the Scottish Seabird Centre.
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Dublin millennium
The millennium of Dublin, Ireland was celebrated in 1988 when An Post issued a 28-pence stamp available both as individual stamps and in a stamp booklet. The Dublin Millennium booklet was the first to contained commemorative stamps; until then all Irish stamp booklets had contained only definitive stamps.
[edit] Year 2000
During 1999 and 2000 a series of 24 stamps were issued depicting a selection of Irish and world famous people, like, Grace Kelly, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Edison and Ludwig van Beethoven and some significant events in Irish history like, Flight of the Earls, Land League and Irish Independence.
[edit] References
- ^ Canada Post Corporation, Canada's Stamp Details, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2000, p. 14–15.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Fiji - Where The New Millennium Begins Post Fuji
- Media reports on the Queen controversy Queenonline.com
- Millennium stamps mainly medical related stamps
- GB Millennium stamps
